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Application filed January 13, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lownLn M. GRANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomville, in the county of Dela "are, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Mangers; and l do hereby declare the l'ollowing to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enahle others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to stock 'leedcrs and more particularly to the clas of maugers for feeding animals.

The primary ohject oi? the invention is the provision ol a device of this character in which one or a plurality of animals may he supplied with water and also Food in a readyand convenient manner, the water heing constantly maintained tresh while the food can he quickly and easily supplied to the device tor the feeding of the animal.

Another ohject of the invention is the provision of a device o t this character which is thoroughly sanitary and that may he readily and quickly cleaned at will.

A still further object. is to provide a device of this character in which water will he prevented from escaping on to the adjacent tlooring.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, comhination, and arrangenwnt oil parts, as will he hereinatter more fully descrihed in detail, illustrated in the :u'eompanying drawings, which disclose the preterrtnl torm ol emhodiinent ot' the invention, to enahle those skilled in the art to practice the in- Vtllllilfill, and as pointed out in the claims hereunto ap 'iended.

.ln the drawings :-l igure '1, is a tragmeir tary top plan view of a u'ianger constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate con respomling parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings hy nun'ierals, 5 designates a cementitious hed or tounda tion termed of plastic material although it may he constructed of any other suitable material so as to form a flooring upon which stock may stand and rising from this hed or Foundation 5, is a curhing or vertical wall (3, the same heing provided at inter- Specification of Letters Patent.

.lz'ttented June 3, 1913.

Serial No. 537,868.

vals with vertical recesses 7, opening through its upper 'lacc, the recesses heing adapted to receive stanchion 't'rames (not shown) tor fastening the stock to be fed. The eurhing terms a stop which will prevent advance of cattle into the watering trough hereinafter descrihed. Directly in rear of this curhing (3. are spaced parallel troughs 8 and 5), which are separated by a division wall 10, the latter heing of slightly less height than the curhing (3, so that should the trough t) o\ "erllow, such overllow will run into the trough 8 until the same can he relieved, the trough 9 being adapted to contain water the same heing intrmluced therein in any convenient manner, while the trough S, is adapted to receive teed. it is to he understood of course that the length ol the troughs S and 9, may be varied as the occasion may demand. It will he noted that the toundation or tlooring rises at the ends ol? the troughs to the plane ot the top of the curhing and since the divi sion wall is o'li less height than the curhing, the top lace of this division wall will be spaced helow the plane (it the llooring throughout, so that water splashing from the watering trough on to this wall will he prevented 'trom escaping along the top face of the wall on to the llooring.

.At one end of the trough l), and within the same is disposed an overllow tank 11, the depth ol' which is considerahly less than the depth of the said water tank 9, so that the water within the latter will constantly he maintained at a predetermined level therein and this overflow tank '11, is provided with a suitahle exhaust port to permit the. discharge ol water conveyed or [lowing into the same. Adjacent the overflow tant' ll, and within the holtom ot the trough 9, is a discharge opening 19, which latter is normally closed hy a suitahle plug and by means ol this opening l), the water confined within the trough 0, may he fully drained therefrom :tor the purpose of cleaning the same.

The sizes ot the troughs may he increased or decreased as desired and likewise the depth thereo'l.

lVhat is claimed is! 1. Tu a manger, a standing floor tor the animal, a wall rising theretrom and having a pluralitv of spaced stanchion receiving recesses in its top l'ace, a second vertical wall rising from said llooring and of a height less than the first named wall, the said latter Wall having depressions on opposite sides thereof to provide a Water trough between the first and second walls, a floor in front of the manger providing a feed trough between it and the second wall and ends for the troughs having their top edges located on a line With the first named wall and second named flooring.

' 2. A manger construction embodying a one-piece concrete standing flooring having an alley flooring located spaced therefrom and on a plane thereabove the intermediate space being provided with a pair of spaced troughs having closed ends to provide a front stanchion attaching wall and an in Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

termediate wall, a drain for one of said troughs and a drain box disposed therein with its top edge located below the top edges of the walls to prevent overflow thereof, the intermediate wall also having its top edge located below the top of the aforesaid portion whereby overflow from the first named trough will flow into the second named trough.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

POWELL M. GRANT.

Witnesses HUGH A. MITCHELL, WILLIAM A. ODELL.

Washington, D. C. 

